With over 22% of our students joining us from 110 countries, we are used to giving newcomers to Bradford a very warm welcome. Visitors to the city often comment on how friendly the local people are, and this atmosphere continues when you get to the university campus. You will find a diverse mix of people from different backgrounds, faiths, nationalities and ages all sharing the closely-knit city centre campus. The mixture of people in a compact space creates a vibrant community atmosphere where people form lifelong friendships with students from across the globe.

The University of Bradford is an ‘old’ university, having received its Royal Charter in 1966, and with origins dating back to the 1860s. Today the University has around 6,800 full-time undergraduates and around 1,600 full-time postgraduates. The University has a close-knit, friendly atmosphere, enabling students to get to know each other quickly. Excellent links with industry, commerce and the public sector mean that many of our courses are practically orientated, incorporating industrial placements, and with excellent job prospects. In addition, many courses are accredited by the relevant professions. The University is based close to the city centre of Bradford and has one main city campus at Richmond Road, with the School of Health Studies a few minutes walk away, and the School of Management two miles away on its own 14-acre campus.

Academic Strengths

Since its early beginnings in engineering and technology, the University has developed new cutting-edge courses in areas such as Peace Studies, Media Technologies, Chemical and Forensic Sciences, Cybernetics, Medical Engineering and Mobile and Satellite Communications. Since November 1999 the University has received six consecutive ‘Excellent’ scores for its teaching quality; with top marks for Peace Studies and Interdisciplinary Human Studies. In the latest RAE (2001) of the University’s subject areas, one area was graded 5*, four graded 5 and a further eight subject areas graded 4. The Bradford MBA is internationally renowned. In the most recent Financial Times index it was ranked in the top ten in the UK and in the world’s top 100. The Masters of Management course at the University of Bradford has been ranked no. 2 in the UK and no. 5 in Europe by the Financial Times (12 September 2005).

In the 2005 Guardian league tables, the University of Bradford has become the 5th best university in the North of England. Furthermore, 16 of our subjects reached a top 20 position in the individual subject rankings, including BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences course which is ranked number 3, after Oxford and Cambridge.

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